Meaning of police state | Babel Free
Definitions
A polity whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people.
Equivalents
Čeština
policejní stát
Dansk
politistat
Deutsch
Polizeistaat
Ελληνικά
αστυνομοκρατία
Español
estado policial
Eesti
politseiriik
Suomi
poliisivaltio
Français
État policier
Magyar
rendőrállam
Bahasa Indonesia
negara polisi
Íslenska
lögregluríki
Italiano
stato di polizia
日本語
警察国家
한국어
경찰 국가
Lietuvių
policinė valstybė
Latviešu
policijas valsts
Nederlands
politiestaat
Polski
państwo policyjne
Português
estado policial
Română
stat polițienesc
Русский
полице́йское госуда́рство
Slovenčina
policajný štát
Slovenščina
policȋjska držȃva
Svenska
polisstat
Examples
“You didn't know⟳ there is […] an active campaign, propaganda and otherwise, […] against all kinds of security procedures on the ground that they are all police state methods and all interfere⟳ with individual rights?”
“[Mo:] But out there in the real world they're bombing abortion clinics... holding Nazi and KKK rallies... trying to quarantine people who might have⟳ AIDS. They're making secret weapons deals to illegally fund so-called "freedom fighters" and calling it "the Lord's work⟳"!! We're living in a Protestant police state […]”
“A gun up in our faces and they never gave a reason⟳ / The writing's on the wall, the politics are fake / Its clear to me we're livin' in a police state […] The prisons are for profit, its society's mistake⟳ / How macabre, we been living in a police state”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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